Better late than never: the Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadžić was captured yesterday. Karadžić was indicted for genocide, complicity in genocide, extermination, murder, willful killing, persecutions, deportation, inhumane acts, unlawfully inflicting terror upon civilians and taking of hostages by the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and there had been an outstanding arrest warrant for almost a decade. The first indictment was issued by the ICTY in 1995 (more information on the case at the ICTY, here). The ICTY itself was, of course, very pleased with the arrest and issued the following statement: The Tribunal confirms that it has been…
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